Comments on: New Polymer Clay Image Transfer Technique That Works with InkJets

By: Clare m

Clare m — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 11:01:23 +0000

Thank you very much! I will see what I can find! Wish me luck :) so far I’ve just used my local printers to get laser prints which have worked fab, just want to be able to use my inkjet in future! :) thanks again! X

By: Cindy Lietz@Violet Shimmer Color Recipes

Cindy Lietz@Violet Shimmer Color Recipes — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 00:01:18 +0000

@Valerie Aharoni: Thanks Valerie for popping by to help Clare. Hopefully she comes back with some good info. Nice to hear from you! It has been awhile. Hope all is well with you.

By: Valerie Aharoni

Valerie Aharoni — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 18:51:57 +0000

Clare,
The Dixie brand of the parchment pan liners are manufactured in France. Possibly ask a bakery where they source the parchment liners for their pans. I cannot imagine they use anything different than the vegetable silicone parchment liners used for the transfers.
It is the brand name that will change. Since packaging has arabic, english, french and hebrew (and a few more) on it, I believe the product has an international footprint.

Please post what you find!

By: Clare M

Clare M — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 08:58:33 +0000

hey guys – this is BRILL, so informative! thank you! I was wondering if anyone knows the best type of paper that is available to buy in the UK? thank you :)

By: Janet

Janet — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 03:16:36 +0000

Thanks Sue, I did notice those there and thought with the extra 4-5 hours a night that I usually reserve for sleeping I might be able to do an all nighter and make up a bunch and try them out. I like you find it tough to spare some “create” time with my Kato. Maybe this weekend…………..

By: Sue F

Sue F — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 12:16:32 +0000

@Janet: It’s great to hear that you’ve got your transfer problems sorted out!

If you’re interested in more Kato recipes, Shades of Clay have just added some metallic recipes from Tony Aquino of Van Aken International to their web site:

shadesofclay.com/more/Color%20Recipes.htm#Metallic_Recipes

I haven’t made them up yet (although some of my own colours are similar, generally without the addition of translucent) but I’m going to!

There are other colour recipes on the same page for approximating various packaged colours of other brands using Kato (scroll up from where the above link lands you), and if you haven’t already seen it, they have an awesome chart for mixing a whole range of colours across the spectrum, which is a handy starting point for maixing any colour you want as well as a good way of getting a feel for Kato’s colour mixing characteristics:

shadesofclay.com/more/Images/Colour%20Mixing%20Chart.jpg

I wish I had more time to clay! LOL

By: Cindy Lietz@Polymer Clay Back Issue Videos

Cindy Lietz@Polymer Clay Back Issue Videos — Sat, 26 Feb 2011 16:46:22 +0000

@Janet: As you can see... Sue-F is a wonderful resource person to get to know here in the community. Her feedback is truly invaluable! @Karon C: Thank you so much for your comments about the new "Easy" shopping cart system, for purchasing multiple back issues in a single transaction. For the benefit of others, here is how the new ordering process works: At the BACK-ISSUE page (the link by my name just above will take you there), you will see that it now says "Add to Cart" below each back issue package listed. Each "Add To Cart" selection you make, will add that item to your Shopping Cart. At the bottom of the Shopping Cart page is a "Continue Shopping" link that will return you to the BACK-ISSUE page, where you can make additional "Add to Cart" selections as desired. When you are done creating your special order, simply click on the green "Check Out" button at the bottom of the Shopping Cart page. That will take you to the page where you can make your secure credit card payment. There is even an option to still use PayPal if you really want to or need to :-) PS: @Karon C: It's wonderful to hear that your son is also taking an interest in polymer clay. I love it!

By: Karon C

Karon C — Sat, 26 Feb 2011 15:13:24 +0000

Cindy,
Just a quick note to again say thank you for all you do. I LOVE the new order system!!!! Easy to order more than one back issue at a time and easy to check out! NO more cancels from paypal. I love it.
By the way , my son is now doing clay as well so I am Very excited to see the pleasure that he is getting from playing with clay and gives us one more thing that we can do together. So again thank you for all your hard work and worrying about us and the paypal system.
Hugs, Karonkay

By: Janet

Janet — Sat, 26 Feb 2011 11:04:21 +0000

Hey Sue, we were right it was all about the copier. I didn’t realize it until yesterday that our copier at work uses these little coloured cubes that look like wax to create the colour copies. I took a sheet of the same images I had been using to Staples and printed out a few copies, and voila perfect images. Thank you so much for your assistance and direction. I am now on a mission to create new and exciting jewelry pieces using this technique. BTW please keep the Kato recipes coming. I have created each set you have sent. If I can squeeze the time into my schedule to create a few myself, I will post them up as they are finished. Thanks again.

By: Janet

Janet — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 00:41:15 +0000

Thanks Sue for your comments. More and more I am convinced it is the ink. I tried a couple of more transfers tonight with the same result. I meant to go to Staples today and get a couple of coloured copies done there and try them, but didn’t have time. I tried an inkjet transfer using some t-shirt transfer paper I had in the house and it worked beautifully, but I really like the toner copies as they are less expensive just because of the cost of the transfer papers. When I get a chance to try to the different copies I will post up my results. I really appreciate your insight and you have given me encouragement to keep trying.